Member Since: 30/10/2006
Influences: Influences range from the subtle to the sublime, from the poignant to the mundane. They are fluid, always evolving, always changing and yet somehow strangely solid and stable. Throw a stone into a pool of water and an endless array of ripples is born, each giving birth to the one that follows, untill, finally the water at the edge itself is transformed (and the shore along with it). Nature, with all its myriad forms and subtleties, is such a stone: the wind dancing with the top of the tree branches in the high, unreachable distances; the tiny whirlpools of dust; the stoical mountains. And so are the people, the wonderful faces of this day and past. In the more tangible but no less impressive realm of music, there is the various array of flavors from the countless corners of the earth: the sounds of Joao Gilberto, A.C. Jobim, Baden Powell, Jorge Ben, Z.M. Dagar, Oumou Sangare, Toumani Djiabate, Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo, Miroslav Tadic, Garmarna and Hedningarna, to name a few. There is the soul-piercing beauty of Nina Simone, the sophistication of Charlie Haden, the tone of Bill Frisell, the depth of Bach and Miles Davis, the beauty of Phillip Glass, and the power of Dead Can Dance. There is the raw, uncompromising edge of Buddy Guy and the lionlike heart of Oliver Mtukudzi... and alas... of course..., the songs and the bittersweet wisdom of the troubadors of old, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Boubacar Traoré, Joao Bosco, Lee Hazlewood, Silvio Rodriguez, Caetano Veloso and many more.
Sounds Like: Hello friends. If you would like to get a taste of some Brazilian music, please visit www.myspace.com/nickkellompb. ("MPB" Stands for "Musica Popular Brasileira.")
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